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Showing 1 to 20 of 60 for “"Virgin Islands"”.
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US Virgin Islands renewable energy future
The US Virgin Islands must face drastic changes to its electrical system. There are two problems with electricity production in the USVI-it's dirty and it's expensive. Nearly one hundred percent of the electricity in these islands comes from imported diesel, brought in by ship. Expensive fuel and …
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Preceramic procurement patterns at Krum Bay, Virgin Islands
… Krum Bay site on St. Thomas in the United States Virgin Islands. Located in a cluster of three related sites with a long history of investigation, the deposit is a small, preceramic period stratified shell midden that is composed predominantly of pearl oysters. Radiocarbon results indicate its …
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Water reuse and conservation in the United States Virgin Islands
… and reuse practices in the United States Virgin Islands was undertaken by administering surveys to Territory Permit Discharge Elimination System permit holders and performing interviews. Currently, many resorts and condominiums in the US Virgin Islands (USVI) reclaim wastewater in response …
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MEASURING AND MODELING POTABLE WATER DEMAND IN THE UNITED STATES VIRGIN ISLANDS
… potable water flows in the United States Virgin Islands (USVI). The USVI potable water system is considerably more complicated than typical systems in the mainland United States. For this reason, we conduct a first-principles analysis on water production, storage, delivery, and use …
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Virgin Capital: Foreign Investment and Local Stratification in the US Virgin Islands
<p><italic>Virgin Capital</italic> explores the impact of the Economic Development Commission (EDC) program in the US Virgin Islands and asks, "How do contemporary circulations of capital and people alternately build upon and complicate long-present hierarchies?" This dissertation approaches the …
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An anatomy of a slave society in transition : the Virgin Islands, 1807-1864
… of transition from slavery to freedom in the Virgin Islands’ slave society. It draws on a database of over 9,500 enslaved people of African descent, covering the period 1818 to 1834. Including information on gender, age, births, deaths, runaways, manumissions, and owners of the enslaved, this …
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East Caribbean immigrant students in the United States Virgin Islands public high schools
… ago the United States District Court in the Virgin Islands made a landmark decision in Hosier v. Evans (1970) which allowed immigrant students from the Eastern Caribbean to attend Virgin Islands public schools for the first time, rejecting department of education argument for not allowing …
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The effect of development on nitrogen loading on St. John, U.S. Virgin Islands
… nitrogen loading of the bays on St. John, U. S. Virgin Islands. This is accomplished by taking nitrogen samples of the bays, using ArcGIS and the Nitrogen Loading Model to estimate the nitrogen loading of the bays, and correlating historical nitrogen concentrations with increases in population. …
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Hydrologic and chemical analysis of salt ponds on St. John, U.S. Virgin Islands
In order to assess the impact of human development on salt ponds, this study investigated the relationships between the chemistry of salt ponds and the hydrology of the surrounding area. Aspects of pond health such as nutrient levels, sedimentation parameters, and water quality indicators were …
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An Evaluation of the Driver Education Program in the United States Virgin Islands (Safety)
How do the driving records of Virgin Islands driver education students compare with the driving records of schoolmates who did not participate in a high school driver education course? This question was studied over a period from January 1981 through June 1985 with both traffic violations and …
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Integrating water resources management : analysis of the St. Thomas, U.S. Virgin Islands, water market
… within the island as well as with neighboring islands. 4) Improving accountability for available water supplies, which is a basic need for water managers and planners informed decision making.
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Materials Recovery Facilities in the United States Virgin Islands: A Regional Facilities Location Model Study
… were developed and applied to a network of islands. A series of hypothetical material recovery facilities (MRF) location scenarios were studied using actual and projected data obtained for the three-island territory of the U. S. Virgin Islands. In all cases, a significant reduction in …
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Peer, Home, and School Achievement: A Study in Achievement Motivation (Virgin Islands, Grade Five, Caribbean)
The purpose of this study was to examine the extent to which home, peer, and school factors relate cross-gender to differential achievement patterns among fifth-grade students, particularly the degree of relationship between self-concept of ability and achievement, and between area-specific (peer, …
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Desalination and its potential for harnessing brine and solar energy in the US Virgin Islands
… sustainability with specific reference to the US Virgin Islands. Thermodynamic efficiency, industrial ecology, and renewable energy were assessed for their application in desalination and contextual relevance to specific desalination processes. Renewable energy was determined to provide the …
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The effect of anthropogenic development on sediment loading to bays on St. John, U.S. Virgin Islands
In order to assess the impact of anthropogenic development on sediment delivery rates to bays on St. John, U.S.V.I., I developed a sediment loading prediction model. Based on the modified universal soil loss equation, this model predicts sediment loading using watershed parameters, including the …
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Black parents’ perceptions of involvement in their children’s schooling during middle childhood within the U.S. Virgin Islands
… schooling within middle childhood in the U.S. Virgin Islands. Billingsley’s Black family model was used to guide this study. The two research questions were (1) How do Black parents with children in middle childhood in the U.S. Virgin Islands perceive involvement in their children’s schooling? …
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A systematic exploration of waste to guide waste reduction and resource management in the British Virgin Islands
This dissertation investigates how waste in the BVI can be reduced. A phenomenological approach is taken to investigate this topic. Stemming from this a systems perspective is adopted and the grounded theory methodology used. The respective methods and tools are used to analyse quantitative and …
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Emerging 21st-Century Educational Challenges and Opportunities: An Appreciative Inquiry of Public Education In The U.S. Virgin Islands
… in K–12 public education in the U.S. Virgins Islands (USVI). Specifically, this study sought to understand the USVI education leaders’ experiences in their public education system as a whole, the challenges and opportunities they faced, their perceptions of the institution’s greatest …
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